4:59 AM,
May 4, 2013

The unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent in April, the Labor Department said Friday. That's the lowest since December 2008.

Written by

Paul Davidson
| USA Today

Employers added a better-than-expected 165,000 jobs in April, easing concerns that payroll growth may be slipping into a sustained midyear slump.

The unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. That's the lowest since December 2008.

Payroll gains for February and March were revised up by a total of 114,000. February's gains were revised to 332,000 from 268,000 and March's to 138,000 from 88,000. Monthly job growth has averaged 196,000 so far this year, compared with 183,000 for all of 2012. ...